 Chairman:
Mr Alan Hopper
Alan Hopper, is a former Royal Air Force pilot. He served
in the RAF for 30 years, during which time he commanded a
Chinook helicopter squadron and a large flying station in the
West Midlands. He left the service in 1996 with the rank of
Group Captain.
Alan was appointed a non-executive member of Somerset
Health Authority in 1998 and Vice Chairman of Somerset Health
Authority in 2000.
During this period he also served as a Family Health
Services Complaints Convener. He is currently the Chairman of
the Somerset Joint Strategic Commissioning Board and Vice
Chairman of the West Somerset Local Research Ethics Committee
and a House Committee member of the RBL Dunkirk Memorial
House.
Alan lives in Kilve, Somerset and is married with three
grown up children.
Chief Executive: vacancy
Peter Berman - Non-Executive Director
Peter Berman was Chief Executive of Taunton Deane Borough
Council for fifteen years and was the lay Member on the
Taunton & Area Primary Care Group. He has been a panel
member of a Department of Health Inquiry.
He takes an active interest in community matters in his
home town of Wiveliscombe, where he is a Parish Councillor and
Secretary to the Wiveliscombe Area partnership and the
Wiveliscombe Civic Society.
Peter’s interests include town twinning and walking. He
is a member and past President of the Wiveliscombe Rotary
Club.
Barrie Dale - Non-Executive Director
Barrie Dale lives in Wellington and has many years
experience working in local government. He was Borough Housing
Officer and Assistant Chief Executive with Taunton Deane
Borough Council from 1985-1999.
Barrie is an Associate Lecturer, specialising in the
delivery, financing and legal aspects of public services. He
has undertaken research and project management contracts
relating to social policy and is a non executive member for a
number of organisations providing residential and community
services for the elderly.
Andrew Govier - Non-Executive Director
Andrew Govier has lived in Wellington all of his life. He
has worked for the Ministry of Defence and the Charity
Commission.
Andrew is currently a full-time councillor serving
Wellington Town, Taunton Deane Borough Council and Somerset
County Council.
He is married with two children and a school governor at
Wellesley Park and Beech Grove Primary Schools in Wellington.
Philippa Hawks - Non-Executive Director
Philippa Hawks lives on the Somerset Levels at
Burrowbridge. She has worked for BBC Television as a
Production Assistant making drama programmes and with the
BBC's Natural History Unit in Bristol.
Philippa has spent the last 28 years working as a volunteer
in the community, including as a Magistrate in Bridgwater,
with the Community Council for Somerset, school governor and
latterly as a member of the Somerset Community Health Council.
Dr Jonathon Meads - Non-Executive Director
Dr Jonathon Meads was a general practitioner at the
Blackdown Practice in Hemyock for 32 years. He retired in
2000 and now undertakes voluntary work on behalf of the
charity, Somerset Cancer Care - an organisation he helped to
establish 12 years ago.
Jonathon and other volunteers from Somerset Cancer Care,
run patient focus groups at Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital. The
views and experiences of cancer patients are gathered and
assist with the future planning of services and improvements
in the quality of care.
Ann Papworth - Non-Executive Director
A teacher by profession, Ann studied music at Durham
University and subsequently taught at a primary school in
Brixton. She formerly lived in London and was Head of Art with
the Decca Record Company.
For the past eleven years Ann has lived in Churchinford
with her husband and four children. She is currently a
parish councillor.
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